"Fuck! These thieves are smart, but they didn't bite the hook!"
Han Donghu led a small force of 200 men and horses to the remnant village at the northern foot of Lianyunling, and met up with the men and horses led by Lin Jiang. They saw that there were only a dozen corpses on the ground, and more enemies had already fled into Lianyunling at night.
Deep down, he angrily beat the broken wall with a horsewhip.
The war to recapture Chaozhou lasted for almost a year. Most of the nearby people had left their homes and fled elsewhere. There were not many people within a radius of 200 to 300 miles, and Chaozhou was full of hills, mountains and shallow ridges.
This makes it easy for small groups of elite scouts to infiltrate and lurk without being noticed.
Even if Han Qian guessed that there were Liang Jun scouts infiltrating and lurking in Chuzhou, there was no way to discover their whereabouts. However, considering that Liang Jun really had scouts lurking nearby, he would definitely keep an eye on Li Zhigao and others' every move.
, so he also asked Han Donghu and the others to wait and watch Li Zhigao and others, waiting for Liang Jun's lurking scouts to reveal their flaws.
Wen Ruilin, Lei Jiuyuan, Shen Peng and others divided their troops into two groups to ambush the messengers sent by Li Zhigao to Zhongli. Han Donghu and others successfully captured their whereabouts.
In view of the small group of enemies who had settled in the remaining village at the northern foot of Lianyunling, Han Donghu followed Lin Jiang and led his troops to launch a strong attack from the east, intending to alert the enemy. He led more than 200 elite troops to ambush at the northern foot of Lianyunling and rushed to Haozhou.
On the only way to the southwest.
Han Donghu thought that after the enemy was alerted, he hurried to meet Xu Mingzhen and the Shouzhou elite, and he would be able to take advantage of them and kill them by surprise.
He did not expect that this group of enemies was so cunning. Except for a dozen people who broke out to the west, the main force fled deep into Lianyunling.
Lianyunling may not seem big, but they can't completely block it and surround it with four to five hundred troops.
The Shouzhou Army has 20,000 elite cavalry stationed eighty or ninety miles away. Now that the situation has changed drastically, a large number of enemy cavalry may have dispersed in search of opportunities.
In terms of cavalry, after Yang Yuanpu ascended the throne, the Forbidden Army was never able to form a large-scale cavalry unit, let alone compete with the Liang Army's cavalry.
The Chu army's only large-scale cavalry unit fell into the hands of Xu Mingzhen.
Han Donghu, Lin Jiang and the others did not dare to stay here for too long. After catching three alive, they took advantage of the slightly blue morning light in the sky and headed south.
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"I didn't expect Lei Jiuyuan to be in Lianyunling. I really shouldn't have withdrawn so quickly at that time. I should have continued the pursuit!" After interrogating the three survivors, Han Donghu learned that in addition to Wen Ruilin who escaped from the Chaozhou Camp and
In addition to the general Shen Peng and others, Lei Jiuyuan, the direct minister of Liang Emperor Zhu Yu, was in Lianyunling at that time, stomping his feet in regret.
"People die for money and birds die for food. In the final analysis, it is all about the word 'greed', and the reason why all kinds of schemes are successful is mainly to take advantage of the greed of human nature." Han Qian smiled and said to Han Donghu, "When did you know that Lei
When a person like Jiuyuan is in the mountains, he can calm down, assess the situation, and decide whether to advance or retreat. Only then can he be considered successful in the art of war."
"Yes." Han Donghu responded shamefully.
"Since Lei Jiuyuan has personally sneaked near Chaozhou, then Liang Emperor Zhu Yu is either hiding in Xuzhou or Yingzhou!" Feng Liao came over and said.
"Yes, the situation is really weird. Let's not overly speculate on our opponent's plans. Just do your own thing!" Han Qian stood at the foot of the low mountain beside the river beach, looking at the hazy sky in the north, and nodded.
After he met Yao Xishui in Li Zhigao's mansion and received the imperial edict from the Queen Mother in Yandangji, he did not rush directly to Yueyang with three merchant ships and wait for Xuzhou Shuiying to come over to meet him. Instead, he rushed to meet Feng Liao who had retreated to Nashan Mountain.
, Su Lie and the others meet up.
As long as Li Zhigao can persuade the generals to give up the attack on Chaozhou City after receiving the edict from the Queen Mother, Liang Jun and Shouzhou Army will not take advantage of it, and the Xuzhou Water Camp can enter the Yangtze River waterway in time to ensure that the remnants of the Lou Chuan Army do not dare to come in and blockade
The Huaixi Forbidden Army's retreat route, the situation will generally not collapse.
What Han Qian was more concerned about at this time was the nearly 100,000 refugees who fled to the south of Hongzepu and west of Fanliang Lake due to the war.
This also involves how Xuzhou Shuiying will gain a foothold in the Jianghuai region in the future.
The situation in Guangde Prefecture is generally easing. The total number of former Guangde Army troops and small families who have been deprived of their fields and homes is only 14,000 to 5,000 people. Even if these people are moved to the eastern part of Chuzhou north of the Yangtze River,
, the power is still quite weak, not enough to become the foundation for Xuzhou Shuiying to gain a foothold in the Jianghuai River.
But if we could get these 100,000 refugees gathered in Shiliang County, the situation would be completely different.
"Lei Jiuyuan and Wen Ruilin were attacked by Han Donghu. In a hurry, they could only send someone to contact Xu Mingzhen. He led the Shouzhou cavalry to insert into the southeast of the Wujian Mountains to block the retreat of the Right Shenwu Army. The situation is still very favorable to us.
-Should I go see Zhou Tan now?" Feng Liao asked.
Although they failed to catch big fish such as Lei Jiuyuan, Wen Ruilin, and Shen Peng, they caught three alive, and the information obtained from the torture was also extremely critical.
As long as Shouzhou Jingqi penetrates directly into Yandun Mountain and the Bieziding area in the past two days, they will definitely find a way to annihilate the Youshenwu Army who is staying north of Yandun Mountain and Bieziding in a short period of time.
If they are the main force, then they can arrange manpower to encourage the refugees in the southeast of Yandun Mountain and Bieziding to move to the areas along the river.
Only in this way, after the Xuzhou water camp enters the Yangtze River waterway, can these refugees and refugees be used by Xuzhou.
However, if they really want to achieve such a goal, there is another prerequisite, which is that they must control a city along the river that can be defended, to accommodate these refugees, and even the former troops of Zuo Guangde Army and their families can temporarily escape there.
Otherwise, tens of thousands of refugees would have no ability to resist under the trampling of Liang Jun’s cavalry. Especially once Liang Jun saw through their intentions, even if they could not drive these refugees to Haozhou or Chaozhou,
It is also very likely that ruthless massacre will be carried out.
The target currently chosen by Han Qian, Feng Liao and others is Tangyi County, which is more than fifty miles away from Nashan Mountain in the west and across the river from Jinling City.
Tangyi County used to belong to Yangzhou. After the founding of the People's Republic of China by Emperor Tianyou, Tangyi was included in Chuzhou. In later generations, it was the Liuhe County area of Jinling located on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
At that time, Tangyi County had continuous tidal flats and crisscrossing lakes, without the constraints of levees. Every summer and autumn, the north bank of the Yangtze River was flooded. Although it was close to Jinling, it was quite dilapidated.
Although Tangyi County is not close to the north bank of the Yangtze River, there are several relatively open rivers passing through its territory, with good navigation conditions.
At this time, Tangyi County, in addition to the county magistrates, county magistrates, county lieutenants and other officials appointed by the imperial court, served as the gateway to the north of Jinling and an important node on the Jiangnan East Road connecting Chu and Chaozhou. It also served as a defense against the Huaidong Army.
The important responsibility for the change lies with him. At this time, Zhou Pang personally led the Jiangzhou soldiers to garrison in Tangyi.
After the war of vassal reduction, Zhou Pang, as the capital of Zuo Longque Army, was the Marquis of Yu. He originally led his troops to station in Hengzhou and served as Hengzhou for a time. However, after Li Zhigao was transferred to the governor of Ezhou, he led a part of Zuo Longque Army to march north to Ezhou. Shao Heng gained military and political power.
After being controlled by Chai Jian, Zhou Fang's life under Chai Jian was not easy.
After Yang Yuanpu ascended the throne, Zhou Pang was transferred to the post of governor of Jiangzhou.
Jiangzhou is a large state, and the rank of governor is the fourth rank. Zhou Tan was able to occupy this position. It cannot be said that Yang Yuanpu was harsh and ungrateful. However, in addition to a small number of family soldiers, Zhou Tan had brought soldiers and horses from the village.
, almost completely separated from him.
Zhou Pan still preferred to unite his troops in battle.
This time, soldiers from various states were recruited to assist the main force of the Huaixi Forbidden Army in the battle. Originally, the state Sima or the soldiers and horse envoys or the soldiers from the state should join the army to lead the state soldiers to recruit reinforcements, but Zhou Pang personally led more than 3,000 Jiangzhou soldiers to come over.
However, for more than half a year, Zhou Pan had no chance to fight, and his troops had been stationed in Tangyi.
How many troops of the You Shenwu Army can escape back can only be left to fate. Feng Liao thought that he would go to see Zhou Tie. In addition to convincing Zhou Tie to guard the three thousand Jiangzhou soldiers to defend Tangyi County, he also had to persuade Zhou Tie to stand on Xuzhou's side and accept the offer.
The old troops of Zuo Guangde Army and the large number of refugees who are about to flee south from Shiliang County.
Only in this way can Tangyi County be able to mobilize more military forces to resist the enemy's attack.
"I'll go see Zhou Pan in person." Han Qian said with his hands up.
"Is it too risky?" Feng Liao asked hesitantly.
Although the early copycat forces were used by Yang Yuanpu only after Han Qian's lobbying, the relationship between Zhou Tan, Chen Jingzhou and other copycat generals was naturally closer to Han Qian, but people's hearts are unpredictable. Besides, Zhou Tan, Chen Jingzhou and others were influenced by Yang Yuanpu.
The favor is not shallow either.
Who knows if Zhou Tan will have strange thoughts when Han Qian walks into Tangyi City alone?
"A person like Zhou Fang cannot be deceived by tricks. If you have to tell him some things openly, it would be more appropriate for me to go there in person." Han Qian said calmly.
